Flash Article

With the release of Macromedia Flash MX Professional 2004, Macromedia has significantly improved and enhanced the mobile development environment, making it easy for developers to create Flash content for a wide range of platforms, including mobile phones and PDAs.

One area of improvement is in the mobile and devices support; you can now easily develop content for a wider range of mobile devices, including several types of mobile phones and PDAs. Some of the new features which I'm really excited about are the built-in templates for mobile devices, the ability to embed MIDI, WAV, and MP3 sounds into content, and the ability to publish content for the Macromedia Flash Lite profile directly from the authoring environment.

In this article is I want to spend some time explaining these new features as well as describing some best practices for creating content for these mobile devices.

Requirements

Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Professional

• Try
• Buy

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About the author

Bill Perry is in charge of developer relations for mobile and devices at Macromedia and is helping to shape the future of mobile devices using Flash technologies. He interacts and supports developers, content providers, media owners, mobile operators, and handset/device manufacturers from around the world. When he's not busy with work, Bill enjoys cycling and spending time with his wife and friends.